I have a lot of experience using both Palm and PPC. Of course, there are pros and cons for using both. Right now, I am using a Toshiba e740 with Pocket Informant. It works well, especially with Outlook (don't use the add-in because I had problems and the PDF David wrote to modify Outlook suffices). I have not experienced any problems with ActiveSync and I sync with my work laptop (Outlook XP) and home desktop (Outlook 2003).

Only complaint for PPC is the battery life. Palms have a much better battery life in my experience. I had a Tungsten C (until I dropped it ) and it lasted for weeks (with the WiFi turned off) while my e740 struggles after two to three days (also with the WiFi disabled).

My two cents...